Features of adaptation of foreign students in Kazakhstan universities

Abstract

The article examines the issues of teaching foreign students, which help to improve international relations between states and contribute to the internationalization of education. Currently, many foreign citizens choose Kazakh universities for higher education, including Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. At the same time, it is sometimes difficult for foreign citizens to adapt to an unfamiliar country. The purpose of the article is to identify some problems of adaptation of foreign citizens of al-Farabi Kazakh National University and propose solutions to these problems. The research uses methods of generalization of pedagogical experience, analysis and synthesis of data, the author's questionnaire "Adaptation of students Research base: pre-university Faculty, Department of Language and General Education training of foreigners of al-Farabi Kazakh National University. During the analysis of pedagogical experience, it was found that foreign citizens have problems with psychophysical, social, communicative nature, language and housing problems. Research was conducted during 3 months of the 2023-2024 academic year with a survey of 118 foreign citizens of the pre-university faculty of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The results of the study can be used to improve the social and educational adaptation of students, as well as to expand international relations between countries, establish links between higher education institutions of Kazakhstan and other countries.

Keywords: foreign citizens,  adaptation, social adaptation, pedagogical adaptation, psychological adaptation.